AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 5970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 5970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 725 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 416
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3666 vs 3454
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3213
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3666 vs 3454
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3213

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 June 2016 vs 18 November 2009
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	530 vs 416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3666 vs 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3666 vs 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3213

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

8.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 29.6 GTexel / s
6.3x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 512
4.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2263 vs 1901
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3977 vs 2809
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3977 vs 2809

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1600 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2263 vs 1901
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3977 vs 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3977 vs 2809

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5970

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1901

2263

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

530

416

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2809

3977

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3666

3454

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3213

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2809

3977

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3666

3454

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3213

Name	AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 5970
PassMark - G3D Mark	1901	2263
PassMark - G2D Mark	530	416
Geekbench - OpenCL	9694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	638.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	41.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	112.347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2809	3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3666	3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2809	3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3666	3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3213
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 5970
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cape Verde	Hemlock
Launch date	30 June 2016	18 November 2009
Place in performance rating	764	605
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	947.2 gflops	2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	2x 1600
Texture fill rate	29.6 GTexel / s	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	2,154 million
Boost clock speed		725 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		305 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	2x 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity